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You Might Be Training For runDisney If…

November 9, 2015COMtnMom

This past July, I took the runDisney plunge for the very first time and registered for the Princess Half in February 2016. It will also be my first half marathon, which is daunting for a new runner like me. And without throwing out any embarrassing age numbers, let’s just say running was easier on my body 20 years ago. But being the Disney fanatic that I am…. it’s totally worth it! Right?

In training these past few weeks, I’ve noticed some amusing changes in my lifestyle and thinking patterns that apparently go along with training for a runDisney race. Do any of these seem familiar to you?

You Might Be Training For runDisney If…

While exercising, you fantasize about churros and Mickey Ice Cream
After a tough run, you logon to My Disney Experience to review your reservations and cheer yourself up.
Your snack stash has been invaded by healthy energy bars and gels.
Instead of online shopping for winter sweaters and boots, you scour the internet for tutus and compression socks.
Dinnertime conversation now includes topics such as, “So what princess do you think mommy most seems like?”
Instead of Doritos, Oreos, and ice cream… your grocery cart contains whole wheat pasta, bananas, and almonds. (And ice cream.)
You obsessively read any and all blogs about runDisney race recaps.
Your weekends have started to include a “long run”. Which often means running farther than you ever thought you could run.
You love Jeff Galloway. God bless him.
One week you think, “I’ve totally got this!” The next week, “There’s no way I can do this.” And then the next, “Yep, I’ve totally got this!!”
Your runDisney board is the only thing you ever pin to anymore.
Out of sheer necessity, you’ve gone ahead and taken that running tights plunge.
Saturday, February 6th…. 14 MILE LONG RUN DAY on Jeff’s Princess Half training plan… feels a little like having an appointment for a root canal looming over your head.
You’ve thought to yourself many, many times, “Only for Disney, would I be putting myself through this…”